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top one hundred global thinkers by foreign policy magazine mr bruma is a professor of democracy human rights and journalism at bard college in new york sir thank you so much for joining us today thank you know your latest book is taming the gods of religion and democracy on three continents so i want to start our discussion by asking you about the role of islam in the modern world how significant is it and do you see a certain level of. a phobia in the united states nowadays and you think it's just there is certainly a level of islamophobia just as the all over the western world it's difficult to talk about a lot of the role of islam because it's not one thing to millions and millions of people it's a faith but inside the world of islam there's also a violent revolutionary movement which is a minority of muslims who take part in it we can sympathize with it but it's there

and that causes problems and to the extent that people are worried about violence coming from those groups that worried that worry is justified is that is a war with no that would be a very mistaken and dangerous notion are you seeing a certain level of phobia when it comes to. well yes you do occasionally beat people bigoted opinions on it and i think it's one of the last forms of bigotry that is more or less respectable i mean you can't be an anti semites and be respectable but you can say that you can't stand muslims and you can still get invited to dinner is that an acceptable double standard no not in my view but it's it's part of the modern world from some of the things that have been coming out of the media really seems like that is a sentiment they're trying to fuel i don't think so. i wouldn't blame the

mainstream media for that at all. i think what it really is is that because of globalization. because of financial insecurity. fast moving developments in the modern world in which some people feel that they are being left behind and so on there's a lot of anxiety and it's always useful in times of anxiety when people have an enemy to focus on immigrants in general but muslims in particular are singled out as an object to fear. but. to come back to your question i don't think that the mainstream media been. the worst culprits in this who have been the worst i think some of the in europe some of the populist politicians who have used this. in the united states. on radio cable t.v. and so on who. use this issue to stir up. or to exploit

resentment now in one of your articles about china there's a place where you see nationalism is often fed by a sense of impotence and i wanted to ask you about this do you think that is a saying that could also be relevant to modern day united states yes but it. comes back to that same issue that people who feel they're not represented they don't have a voice that not listen to they don't have a grip on public affairs. are very vulnerable to leaders who promise the earth as it were if you feel you're a lonely individual who has no influence on anybody and nobody cares about it feels good to be in a crowd shouting usa usa or. in the case of america could be in china it could be anywhere in china what i meant by. chinese nationalism being a form often the expression form of importance i didn't mean that in the sense of

the chinese government but where people have no political voice china's after all not a democracy. there nationalism can play the same role that religion plays in other parts of the world it becomes a kind of. substitute for political. participation the united states is a democracy do you think people have a political voice here certainly more than in china. but the huge role played by money for example has destroy. the process somewhat i mean it is a democracy but like all democracies it has great flows and one of the flaws i think in this country is that you have two parties and people who get elected only can only get elected if there are huge amounts of money involved and that leaves a lot of the population sort of out of the equation who do you think is the real

power in the united states who really leads the country at this point is it corporations you know still wall street is it really washington d.c. or is it the tea party is the media it's course not one thing and the fact that it's not a dictatorship means that there is no center of power but if you do corporations for example do you think they have a bit more control than they should in making some i think they probably have more control than they should but that's not to say that corporations run america be too simple they certainly have a huge influence as does wall street as does the pentagon as does. congress as do. various voices in the media i mean they all have an influence some . of these groups institutions have perhaps more influence than water and that's because of the enormous role played by money i want to talk to you about china now. we talked

a little bit about some of the fear mongering in the media do you think china is really a threat to the united states why is it seen as a threat by so many people and. is there a basis to that i don't think it's a direct threat to the united states. certainly not a military threat they're competing and they have a comparative advantage of having a huge population that can make things much more cheaply than people kind of the united states i don't think it's a huge threat it's perceived again because the rise of china. as a serious power. with economic clout is has been is recent and has been very fast people are fearful for many different reasons and it's helps them to be able to focus it on something in the united states it's usually an external enemy well why is it such so often external and it could be part of a lack of knowledge what is well i think it's something that's probably the history

of the u.s. it's sort of refuge from the dangerous outside world one way to make people feel that they have something in common with each other that creates a kind of cohesiveness of society because of course this idea that here we are in the united states and we will have to defend ourselves against this dangerous world out there isn't the united states powerful enough to just stop worrying about you know rationally you would have thought so but these things are not always rational and if there isn't an external enemy people often inventing the domestic one that's not just in america it's all over the place you mentioned japan having been seen as a threat to western economies decades ago where does it stand where you think anybody sees dupin as a threat anymore very soon after people were making a tremendous fuss about japan buying up the world there was a big recession and japan is now seen as

a more or less normal capitalist country whether it is or not. now it's japanese to be fearful and they're very anxious about trying to want to ask you about bric bloc that is made up of brazil russia india and china some experts are saying that this block is going to really become a leader in. the world economic arena do you think that's the case or is china way ahead of everyone else china is certainly bigger than most other places and all these countries have a long way to grow and very dynamic for that. reason because they come from a lower. base. tend to be industrious and ambitious and sold in a way that perhaps is less true in. a continent like your which has been prosperous for an awful long time do you think they could become stronger than the united states in europe in terms of their. combined possibly but what

a stronger me in today's economies when. corporations very very often it's they have will have their headquarters in one country but most of the factories in other countries and consumers all over the place and. it's become such an international economy that it's difficult it's very difficult to talk in terms of national strength the chinese talk in that way it's a nineteenth century. rather german way of looking. thinking about an economy. the american system of course is different if you are an american corporation you aim is not to make the united states into a stronger nation state your name is to make a lot of money and make sure the shareholders are happy how do you measure power in north korea economically is a complete backwater it's

a little slow on out there that nobody would pay any attention to accept for the fact that they have nuclear weapons and that makes it into a power that has to be taken into account thanks so much it's a pleasure. in canada and the us that it is legal for you to give a bubble bath on your baby that contains a known carcinogen something that causes cancer most of the shines out of most independent they are sponsored by industry and most of the times they don't claim it's a conflict of interest today an average cancer drug prescription costs nearly one thousand six hundred dollars a month oh my god i'm

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and speak with the palm of your. question on the dot com. with the stories that made headlines this week here on our t.v. libyan rebels are gaining on colonel gadhafi as they advance westwards closer to tripoli after allied airstrikes helped them retake the several key oil town meanwhile in nato is ready to replace the u.s. and leading the coalition's campaign. moscow says foreign intervention is a result of crimes against his own citizens but one said ordinary people shouldn't suffer during the strikes says foreign air forces have been reckless in their actions as reports of more civilian deaths come through. also in the news of this week hundreds of thousands marched on the streets of london protested eighty billion pounds worth of cuts demonstrations also gripped the heart of the e.u.

with many angry it all started cuts at home while money is still being found for the intervention in libya. and in japan over the fukushima nuclear plant deny reports that radiation levels there reached ten million times the norm claims led to the immediate evacuation of emergency workers at a high concentration. a radioactive has been detected in the c. facility. after the sports desk with the union and what a weekend it's been for russian a motor sport fans that's right russia has its first ever podium in former want to tell you petroff he came third at the g.p. in formula one and that was the first race of the season rory and many other things to come yes i do think so you know he's proven he has the talent no it seems he has the car he could be seeing bigger and brighter things indeed in the next few months they're all the sport though coming up in just a sec. are

you with us this is sports today i mean i mean these are some of the stories are coming in the next ten minutes or so. that bob rushing vitaly petrov reaches the former on the podium for the first ever time finishing third of the season opening a string. change russia say goodbye to the chop all their euro twenty twelve qualifying group for feeling to break the deadlock against our. high school it's all about move closer to the cup finals following a second home win against mesler in the box that will keep. the tally petroff showing he's got what it takes to contest in form the russian earning a first ever podium finish at the opening race of the season in melbourne the v. board the only battered by poll to flag winner sebastian vettel lewis hamilton at

trial for putting aside and are strewn debut season last year to assert himself as more than capable replacement for injured randle teammate robert qubits the results also their first podium finish for russia hold. on. to the reigning champion a full twenty two seconds in front of a checkered. all in all a very good race i think there was a lot of things to learn today and we need to definitely have another look on to the race and yeah move move forwards from here all right up brings us to football russia have been knocked off their perch in european qualifying dic. second in group b. after being held to a goalless draw by armine last night watching not much in europe for us with richard from port fleet. russia had not reached the halfway point in their quest to try and qualify for euro two thousand and twelve finals in poland and ukraine and

that task is now become a lot harder following their failure to beat armenia or take up a cab overseas a big setback for him but he was my grandmother say enough to pay tribute to way armenia played today well in the game because. we had four away games and winning a three one draw employees will disagree is good but seeing this game we played against a very aggressive team. that still we had the opportunity to do to win. so i think the organizational world was actually learn from the team. to find the finishing touch you need a little bit luck or russia would dominate possession for long periods in the game but i broke out will look to a point in a match in the second half of the first half when really russia had many chances to score but unfortunately they were unable to find a net of who was the stand i player really for the russians annoyed he said here it was crucial the key point of the match is that we didn't score it was scored we would have worn. more from the team dominating controlling and creating chances

as a coach. but shooting in the goal they have won fortunately andrey arshavin was once again not at his best form the russian national side as they are small midfielder really was on the periphery of everything the russians tried to create and certainly didn't show the same sorts of energy of the likes of carrick or found showed on his form side is a worry for advocates of a moment it's been a long time since he has put in a decent performance and also russia are going to create a half matches without actually managing to find the back of the net. i think the whole team works very hard you have always said she wagered everybody brings his best form we also have seen that some players did not bring the best form but in the organisation they did the job one of the last was a fantastic point for armenia they didn't create much going forward but they managed to restrict russia's attacks by playing a very good defensive game and s.l. east. in contention for us please be euro two thousand and twelve finals in poland in ukraine i think that not many teams have considered. being up there you know

fighting for the final four points fighting for qualification you know what i think that we have a very good team and i think that you know many people many teams should really. be serious when they play all russia's next year in two thousand and twelve qualifier vattel being around for a month's time when though again play the armenians and pick up the catamount time has plenty to think about most notably about how to try and get his team scoring again as defined in the back of the nets if they want to break those euro two thousand and twelve finals. right that doesn't mean slovakia rise to the summit in group b. after this softened dora by a solid three gold while robbie keane struck what proved to be the winner in twenty two minutes in dublin helping the republic of ireland spirit to one with over macedonia. so all very close in that group with slovakia russia all on ten points but it is the slovaks who would currently take the automatic qualifying spot on

points difference armenia while they're also in with the shots lying just two points behind in fourth wherever finishes second will go into a play off for the ukraine and poland by. a surprising result stateside meanwhile where argentina were unable to clinch victory over the us in new york some russian interests in this one as well with spartak moscow defender marcus were given a full ninety minutes to impress in the friendly rotation has been the key would for sure joe but recently the argentina manager constantly changing his squad with two interment as. he is netted by the from the di maria was one player raw injuring more adonis range though the real madrid attacker come closer to our mark. also pivotal in opening the scoring for this very intricate play eventually allowing can be asked to fire three minutes time argentina. didn't make their superiority points in the second three thousand people price fifteen minutes and you want to download

took full advantage of the mistake the agent will keep on moving on no undo you are one what was. let's talk ice hockey were semi final surprise package atlanta look like they're set to take a commanding three zero lead in their series with lockable t.v. the region i'm going to nothing off after the opening third a quite ridiculous own goal then made a three zero which is now the school with the running water of an hour remaining so looking for all the world taking a three game advantage in the best of seven western conference decider. so about to drive me. there a western semi final season but if i may not see nothing off overall following sunday's home win some of us taking it four zero with the tender eric ers birds and sparking form once again for the winners action these two might be the worst.

ok let's move on to the greens or warm up action is continuing in florida head of the masters which itself gets underway next month in about a fortnight martin lard the man leading the arnold palmer invitational after three days of play the fending masters champion phil mickelson looks out of the reckoning in orlando lefty carting a seventy on saturday which leaves him on to longer par tiger woods meanwhile lies further behind in shots off the top of the five with one too many bogeys on the back nine finishing with a two over seventy. lard on the other hand he had a great day the scot almost pulling his greenside chip on the six before starting eleven for a total with three to go to the effort of the day was a birdie putt by steve marino which left him to join third ahead of sunday's action . still. oh bill watson spencer eleven he is a all alone in second place with identical. to

basketball red lantern heading to the playoffs the hawks booking their eastern conference berth after seeing off new jersey on home courts atlanta taking control with a nineteen zero run early in the game that josh methanol for for enjoying each other's company smith the months long as we're here to go would finish with twenty three points twelve points for the hosts on the ballot to johnson effort from the on the on the first quarter thirty two fifteen the hawks judy we stirred something to twenty six points by half time this slowed down a little after the break but the nets never really got to this ninety eight eighty seven how it ended atlanta knowledge on chicago boston miami. in the press. corps for. the highlights of the martial arts here for some bloggers help and over the weekend in moscow the world super cup taking place in the country where the sport came into existence some seventy five years ago more than two hundred fifty

athletes from twenty six countries taking to the match in the russian capital the majority of the podium places going to russian practitioners both in the men's and women's events the spikes such notables as to those in the. hooch and being experts in the combat sports some bills popularity remains somewhat stunted worldwide however action movie actor alec tuck tore off who is also a former ultimate fighting champion wants to help bring it to. somebody is very similar. to me general said will have a jacket and i think the transition is going to go. from the one that may come but some was not so popular just last year so we're going to. start. putting together fires like this i hope. great future for our fighters and lots to have a great relationship with you would see me and i'll do my best to the most. all the

funding ship a ship in the usa but. i'll do my best to get the russian somebody to come but some before that there are involved in the sport. that's it from the sports team for this hour i'll see you in just under two are some with more updates but now it's the weather here in twenty four hour r.t. . hungry for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

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